No training highlights last week since I was deloading and there was nothing exciting about that. Deloads are boring but they’re important and incredibly effective. This blog post by Tony Gentilcore teaches us what they are and why they’re awesome. I’m getting after it in the weight room for two more weeks of conjugate method …
Training Highlights – 8.29.12 – Max Effort Lower Read More »
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. I traveled back to my home state of Vermont for my girlfriend’s brother’s wedding last weekend, and my work schedule the previous week hadn’t allowed me to get out to Xceleration. I always do my dynamic upper sessions there because they’re the only place with chains for speed benching. …
A couple crazy days of work and even crazier days of amazing live heavy metal music meant an extra day in between training sessions. In case you didn’t know, my name is Tony Bonvechio, and I’m addicted to live music. Four incredible concerts in five days between last Friday and this Tuesday meant attacking the …
Training Log – 8.16.12 – Max Effort Lower (and How Not to Deadlift) Read More »
A training journal is one of the most useful tools on the planet for an athlete. Writing down not just sets and reps, but notes about those reps (such as Rate of Perceived Exertion or something as simple as “my form sucked, gotta do better next time”) can be extremely useful when we go back …
